List of companies in Houston

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Cullen Center at night, with Continental Center I, the headquarters of Continental Airlines, and the KBR Tower, the headquarters of KBR
Plaza Southwest, the complex that contains A.D. Vision's headquarters
The Enron Complex, formerly Enron's headquarters, now has Chevron as a major tenant

This is an incomplete list of major companies or subsidiaries headquartered in Houston, Texas and the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. Houston is known for its oil and gas industry; Houston has the second highest number of Fortune 500 companies after New York City.[1]

Although Exxon Mobil has its corporate headquarters in Irving, Texas, most[citation needed] of its employees are in Houston.[citation needed] Hewlett-Packard, though its headquarters are in California, it has most[citation needed] of its employees in Harris County, Texas at the former Compaq headquarters.[citation needed] Imperial Sugar's corporate offices and a regional headquarters for Unocal 76, and Schlumberger, are based in nearby Sugar Land. Pi Studios, a video game developer, is also based in Houston. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, CB&I and US Oncology is based in The Woodlands, Texas.[citation needed] Minute Maid has its headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas; previously it was headquartered out of Houston.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Cities with 5 or more FORTUNE 500 headquarters.". FORTUNE 500. May 4, 2009. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2009/cities/. 
  2. ^ "Contact ADV." A.D. Vision. Retrieved on May 8, 2009.
  3. ^ "Contact Us." Apache Corporation. Retrieved on April 24, 2009.
  4. ^ "Headquarters Location." Continental Airlines. Retrieved on December 7, 2008.
  5. ^ Dawson, Jennifer. "Minute Maid headquarters opens in Sugar Land." Houston Business Journal. Monday February 16, 2009. Retrieved on February 16, 2009.